Andreas Stavridis, a structural engineering assistant professor and his PhD student Supratik Bose traveled to Nepal to assist with efforts aimed at improving the resiliency of the buildings. This was the Stavridis’ third trip to Nepal since the 2015 earthquake.
UB has the fifth ranked civil engineering program in the country and the 12th ranked program in the world, according to the 2018 global rankings from the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), referred to as the Shanghai Ranking.
Assistant professor Teng Wu and PhD student Shaopeng Li traveled to ASCE’s Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) conference a month ago to present research on wind tunnel models for bridges.
Teng Wu, a civil engineering faculty member participated in roundtable discussions and presentations at national conferences on wind and bridge engineering.